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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 7, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 21 r coach stresses Bench 5 Guys can t do it by Ron Delacy staff writer Wuerzburg Germany is Ken Galbreath coach o s div s All Star basketball s a theory about Theu Sarteur Champion h Pasive Guys can t do it says Halbreath. The schedule to go a of u be Tough Long trip one right after another. A teams physical condition and Itha Strong Bench will have in Best  Galbreath has pent his first 10 Days with the Tarne team trying to get them All played 14 regular season games in the lame conference he said wednesday. But just from talk ing with them i found out that they never did As much running Las they should  stress 3 Points the Marne men have been stressing conditioning Ball con Strol and Speed in their drills an they la be playing the Type of basketball that will Best enable them to use those Points to their  la fast break As much As much As possible try an make the opponent commit mis takes said Galbreath. Thence la have to capitalize on them.", the no. 1 Man for the Marne men will be Roland latin a 6- oot-1 guard who averaged 26 Points per game with Smith Fiori in the conference season. He is says Galbreath the Typ of player who will score consistently from either outside Orup close. Galbreath figures that latin who played High school Ball with Houston s Elvin Hayes is prob ably his Best All around per former. Others fighting it out for Start ing jobs Are toy Fitzgerald a c-3 Forward who played a seasonal St. Paul s College in Lawrence Ville a. Kirby Mcdaniel the tallest Man on the squad at 6-foot 7 Thomas Gordon a 6-2 Forward rated by Galbreath As the team s Best defensive Man 6-foot guard Reggie Green and 6-4 Forward John Coker a standout in led Ward s 13-1 regular season. Everyone except Coker in that group has had College experience. Mcdaniel played three years at Tuskegee Institute la tin spent three at Prairie vie College in Prairie View Tex. Gordon had three years at Bradley University in Peoria Iii. Am Green played two years at the University of Kansas. In addition six of the nine remaining members on the squad have College experience. Getting the team to jell As unit always a problem with All Star groups has t been near Lyas much trouble As Galbreath  thought there would be quite a bit of individualism he said. But it has t been bad at All and we re still making Grad Ual  the players attitude adde Galbreath rates another plus. At first he said they had the idea this was going to be one big Sham but they be since decided to play some Ball really put  feels the club will hold its own on the boards and i shooting and he s hopeful that the Marne men will be Able to show the other teams a thing or two in the areas of Speed Hustle and Ball control. Well be using a full court zone press As much As possible and our defense will be a combination zone and  the coach has not seen much of the opposition for the usar eur championships but he respects  understand it s going to really be Strong. It la be interest ing to see the outcome said Galbreath. And i d sure like Tosee the 3rd div right up there on  warriors Elliott stays on the move with three sports jobs per year Deane Vernier miss Dumont win Garmisch skiing crowns Wiesbaden is fro the Halls of Misawa High school in Japan to the football Fields of Tripoli you re not Likely to find a Man who has done As much coaching in As Many places Dur ing the past 12 years As has Jim Elliott. Here at Wiesbaden High school Elliott has held head by Bob Wicker staff writer Garmisch Germany is Steve Deane Charles Vernier Marise Dumont and Grant Ben son captured the Alpine combined titles in four classes Over the weekend in the annual Garm Isch recreation area Alpine combined ski  of bad Kreuz Nach win Ner of four titles in the recent Sarteur ski championships ook the expert class with a total of 80,683 Points. Deane won the slalom in 41.8 seconds and Fin shed second behind Pat Hunter of bad Kreuz Nach in the Down Lill. Hunter was timed in 1 min Ute 27.8 seconds while Deane locked in 1 28.1. 709th maps Advance in Taurus playoffs Frankfurt special the 709th maps downed the . Army Garrison 63-56, Here tuesday night to move into the finals of the Taurus District company level basketball  Henderson scored 25 Points and Bill Pawlowski 18 to Pace the winners. Fred Irvin tallied 20 for the  a losers bracket contest has co Asa eliminated 15th Ord Nance 64-51, behind Edward Perry s 23-Point performance and 16 by Andrew Balint. William Caldwell of the 15th scored 25. Five More added for games Mexico City a Filmore countries new zealand Sweden Denmark Bulgaria a Rumania have signified thei intention to participate in to olympic games Here in october Vernier of Mannheim who won the class b downhill title in he Usa eur meet grabbed he intermediate class honors on an aggregate of 86,335. Vernier was the Winner in the downhill with a timing of 1 39.9 while Arthur Griffin of Sembach car red off the slalom title in 40.1. Vernier was second in the slalom with a time of 40.3.miss Dumont a pretty French girl who is an interpreter for theato forces in Oberammergau ook the ladies class with a total of 96,569 Points. Miss Dumon captured the slalom in 43.4. Mar Gret Johnson of Hobart tas mania finished second behind miss Dumont in the Alpine combined taking third in the Down Hill and second in the  Guthrie of Wilton conn., and a Garmisch recreation Are hostess ran away with the Down Hill championship clocking1-460, which was 5.3 seconds faster than her closest rival miss  Benson of Oberammergau copped All the Junior Clas honors taking the Alpine combined the downhill in 1 51.3 and the slalom in 41.4. Harris Gonzalez fight postponed one Day Philadelphia a the Gypsy Joe Harris Manny gon Zalez 10-round fight has been postponed one Day to tuesday March 19, at Philadelphia  promoter Herman Taylor said the switch was made because of schedule conflicts with the Philadelphia 76ers. Coaching jobs in football wrestling basketball and track during the past four  might be said that coach Elliott is beginning to Settle  he is far from slowing Down. Work and travel have always gone hand in hand with the like Able easy going Tutor. Since leaving his Home in Lub Bock Tex., in 1956 to take a Job at Misawa High the have bags will travel Mentor has worked with american boys in England Libya France Japan for a Sec Ond time Libya for a second time and now  spent Only one year at mis Awa. Then came one year Stop sin Greenham common England Tripoli chateau Roux franc Tokyo and then Tripoli again. Prior to his dozen years on Tri Road the Texas tech graduate coached for five years at High schools in  has never been particularly choosy when he moves into new school. He can and will coach in any sport that happens to be in season. Jim admits How Ever that he prefers football Unior varsity football team. He noved up to the top Job the next All and won six out of seven games. His 1966 warriors were unbeaten in seven encounter Sand last fall they won five losing Only by 12-6 and 14-6 to Arch rival Frankfurt. The Wiesbaden Frankfurt clashes on the Gridiron have be come known As us Desea s ver Sion of the annual army Navy although it usually Calls for More work worries about injuries and equipment  his first year at Wiesbaden 1964, Elliott was in charge of Trie local Cage 1st in 36fh inf in meet finals Gellhausen germany36th inf 1hk Maii Nemen this is the group which be representing the 3rd div in the Usah Uuk basketball championships which open j March 1g. Front Row left to right Hugh Dallas a e Shuler Heggle Green Janus Thomas Rici Kirby i Daniel Dennis currant Joe t Ami a i Umi coach Joe Vargo. One cad the 1st in Gas the finals of the 3rd army div battalion level basketball tournament Here tuesday night As it rolled Over the 1st in 33rdarmor, 98-66, to remain the Only undefeated team in the meet. The infantrymen uncorked a balanced attack five me counted in double figures to move to a 46-34 halftime advantage and increased its margin throughout the second period. Sam key led the scoring for the winners with 19 Points. Bob Latham had 17, Jim johnson16, Warren Jackson id and Kenward 14. John Kirkpatick of the tankers was High Man Over Al with 20 markers. Teammate Lorn Doyle accounted for 18. In a losers bracket game i Kirch Goens the 143rd Sig in. Paced by Jim Ivory s 44-Pomteffort, eliminated the 2nd in 36th inf 98-92.i Gerald Tucker added 30 for thu i 134th while Doug Quay scored Wallace Reede led the losers with 25 markers Dan brings had21, Billy Wells 20 and Harry Brown 16.the Signa leers meet 1st in 33rd Armor in the other Semi final tilt thursday in jilt. Iho Winner plays the Stith inf hater Day night an infantryman loss will Force a deciding game on  remaining games in the tourney will be played at Drake Cavern Frankfurt starting at 7-30 . Each evening. Jim Elliott. Fills Many jobs Battles. Although his school Isth smaller of the two Elliott coached teams have triumphed twice during the last five games of this Long and interesting series. Second in us Desea last fall when Elliott packed away the football gear he pulled out the basketball  s warriors placed second to Frankfurt in the Blue division race and then took second place behind Munich in the  at Rhein Mam last month. While at Wiesbaden he has been even More successful As a wrestling coach. His mate took the us Desea Champion ship last year and triumphed inthe Northern regional the year before. Elliott s present Job Calls for him to work 25 to 30 boys into shape for the track season which opens March 23. This year s Cin der team includes returning let Termen Doug Jones Chuck Hutz Ler Lloyd Letcher Jim Peter son and Mike Reid and Elliott s chances of again coming up wit winning teams in three sports during one school term Are very Good. Long hours with most of the sports event being held on saturday s and after school practice sessions necessary during the rest of the week Jim usually puts m a iu-1 hour work Day and does not havens much time As he would like to spend with his wife Nina sons Janus 8 George a and twins Mike and Pat 4. Needless to say the Elliot Slook Forward to the summer vacations which Are in tempted Only by Jim s visits to Isau eur and Safe football clinics. It is a Tough Road and you begot to enjoy it said Elliott As he hurried off to another prac Tice session wednesday with the enthusiasm of a Young Man who was getting his first Chance to make Good As a coach  
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